New Video Shows United Passenger Moments Before He Was Pulled Off Flight 34110:19

New video has surfaced showing United Airlines' passenger Dr. David Dao aboard flight 3411 telling Chicago O'Hare airport security guards "I have to go home," moments before he was dragged from the aircraft on Sunday, April 9. Joya Griffin Cummings recorded this video of Dao, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, talking to guards. Dao was also reported in a telephone conversation with his lawyer talking about the prospect of suing United. Dao was pulled from his seat on the Chicago-Louisville, Kentucky, flight, and removed after the airline demanded four passengers be taken off the fully-booked flight to make space for four United employees. Footage shared on social media showed blood streaming from Dao's face during the removal and later, when he briefly re-boarded the plane. United CEO Oscar Munoz's initial statement said the passenger's behavior was âdisruptive and belligerent,â but in a new statement issued on April 11, he apologized and promised "we will work to make it right." One of the aviation security officers involved in the incident has been placed on leave, according to the Chicago Department of Aviation. After the incident, Dao was taken to a Chicago hospital for treatment. Credit: Joya Griffin Cummings via Storyful

April 13th 2017

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United Airlines passenger Dr David Dao is removed from a flight. Picture: APSource:Supplied

UNITED Airlines bosses will be on the hot seat at an upcoming US House Transportation Committee hearing on commercial airline consumer issues after a passenger was dragged off an April 9 flight in Chicago to make room for crew members.

Justin Harclerode, a spokesman for the House panel, did not say who the committee planned to call as witnesses, and a date for the hearing has not been disclosed.

Dr David Dao being dragged off a United flight. Picture: SuppliedSource:Supplied

It is not clear if United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz will have to give testimony on Capitol Hill. Picture: APSource:AP

The New York Post reports that United spokeswoman Megan McCarthy said in a statement that the airline looked “forward to meeting with the committee and sharing with them the comprehensive review and the customer-focused actions we will communicate next week,” Reuters reported. She would not say who would testify for United.

The airline also faces a Thursday deadline from the Senate Commerce Committee to answer detailed questions about the incident on United Flight 3411, in which 69-year-old Dr David Dao was dragged off by airport security officers.

Demonstrators protest United Airlines at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois. Picture: AFPSource:AFP

The violent incident was caught on another passenger’s cell phone video that went viral and sparked widespread outrage at the airline and the security officers who bloodied the doctor.

The same committee requested that the Chicago Department of Aviation, which employs the officers, respond to a separate list of queries by Thursday as well.

Dr Dao’s lawyer said the senior citizen incurred a significant concussion, suffered a broken nose and lost two front teeth in the incident, and that he would likely sue the airline, which also drew scorn after banning two young women wearing yoga pants from a flight.

Crystal Dao Pepper (R), daughter of Dr. David Dao, pauses as she speaks about her father as she sits with her lawyerStephen Golan during a news conference. Picture: AFPSource:AFP

In United’s first-quarter earnings call this week, company executives again apologised to Dr Dao and United customers after top execs had earlier minimised the incident.

The carrier last week announced two rule changes in response to the incident, including ending the practice of calling police to remove passengers from overbooked planes.

Thomas Demetrio, an lawyer for Dr. David Dao, speaks at a news conference. Picture: APSource:AP

The flight was already full when four airline crew members showed up after passengers had boarded and requested seats so they could commute to their next flight out of Louisville, Kentucky.

Dr Dao, who had immigrated to the States from Vietnam, repeatedly accused airline officials of discriminating against him for his race before he was hauled off the plane, according to a fellow passenger.

Social media users in the US, Vietnam and China to call for a boycott of the carrier.